Most of you know our new Library2Go service makes it easy to
download ebooks but what some might not know is there is also a great selection
of audiobooks available for download too. I will spotlight some of my favorite
audiobooks and narrators.
Today's Spotlight is also a book that is in my Top 5 of the
year I gave it a 5 Star Rating for writing and narration and in a very uncommon
case this authors narration of this book was flawless I would have thought it
was a professional narrator.
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty written & narrated by,
Joshilyn Jackson
Synopsis: A powerful saga of three generations of women,
plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined
by the bonds of family. Fifteen-year-old Mosey Slocumb-spirited, sassy, and on
the cusp of womanhood-is shaken when a small grave is unearthed in the
backyard, and determined to figure out why it's there. Liza, her stroke-ravaged
mother, is haunted by choices she made as a teenager. But it is Jenny, Mosey's
strong and big-hearted grandmother, whose maternal love braids together the
strands of the women's shared past--and who will stop at nothing to defend
their future.
My Review:
This is my first book by Joshilyn Jackson and I will be
remedying that ASAP. This was such a great book I listened to it on audio and
sat in my car in the parking lot for an extra 20 minutes just to get to the end
of a chapter. What great characters I loved them all! This book is about family
and what it means to be family. The 3 generations of women in this book will
make you smile, cry and cheer.
This was narrated by the author and I know audiobook junkies
like me cringe a little when we hear this (unless you are Neil Gaiman) but I
must say Joshilyn Jackson narrates this book like a pro and I think if you
didn’t know it you wouldn’t think twice of recommending this narrator so I see
that she narrates most of her book so I will continue with this author on
audio!
Once the first bombshell is dropped in this book you will
not be able to turn back or put this book down! Oh my, it would be so easy to
give away too much in a review but I want you to know how much I loved this book!
Big, Little & Mosey are all great women in their own right, I loved how
each chapter was told from each woman’s perspective so you knew what each was
thinking and hiding and revealing to the other and how the other reacts to it.
As you may be able to tell I fell in love with this family of women and I just
want to gush on and on. Maybe I better just stop here and say READ THIS BOOK!!
5 Stars
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